How to get newest snapshot of a dependency without changing version in gradle?

Question

I build an own library that I deploy on a nexus repository. This snapshot is changed very often, therefore not every change gets a new version number. My problem is that I don't get the newest code without changing the version number in project that use this library. I tried "--refresh-dependencies" and I also tried to clear the dependency from the cache by deleting the folder of this dependency under "\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\my.dependency"
I also tried this:

configurations.all {     resolutionStrategy.cacheChangingModulesFor 0, 'seconds' } 

Has anyone an idea how I can force grade to download the newest status of a dependency despite the version number didn't change?

Answer 1

First make sure your snapshot has the right version format:

dependencies {     compile group: "groupId", name: "artifactId", version: "1.0-SNAPSHOT" } 

If you have not used the -SNAPSHOT suffix (or you are not using a Maven repository), you have to indicate that your dependency is changing:

dependencies {     compile group: "groupId", name: "artifactId", version: "1.0", changing: true } 

Then you have to tell Gradle not to cache changing dependencies, otherwise it will only update them every 24 hours:

configurations.all {     resolutionStrategy.cacheChangingModulesFor 0, 'seconds' } 

In case you have also configured the dependency as a dynamic version like this:

dependencies {     compile group: "groupId", name: "artifactId", version: "1+", changing: true } 

Then you have to add:

configurations.all {     resolutionStrategy.cacheChangingModulesFor 0, 'seconds'     resolutionStrategy.cacheDynamicVersionsFor 0, 'seconds' } 

Note that this might slow your build a lot.

If this doesn't help, remove the relevant parts of .gradle directory, or simply the whole directory again.

If that doesn't help neither, I am afraid it will be an issue on your repository side.